Thread: How important is text-to-speech capability to you?
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Old 09-04-2013, 08:13 AM   #74
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Originally Posted by taosaur View Post
You know, I didn't realize the extent of this issue with regard to Amazon's ebooks. The only currently available hardware/software that can provide TTS for Amazon titles (without stripping and/or converting them) is the Fire line. Is that correct? The mobile apps don't have TTS, and wouldn't the DRM prevent using other TTS software on the unmodified files? Balabolka for Windows lists AZW3 as a supported filetype, but I assume it wouldn't be able to open DRMed files.
The Kindle Touch has TTS. From what others in this thread have said, it is also apparently available on the Kindle Keyboard. The Paperwhite has no audio hardware, so I can't have it.
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